Matthew McConaughey won the Best Actor - Drama Golden Globe on Sunday for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club. The star had been tipped for award nominations ever since the film debuted at Toronto film festival, his role as Ron Woodroof, the HIV-positive cowboy, is the third in a run of fine performances from McConaughey in acclaimed indie films (Mud and Magic Mike) which has been dubbed a "McConaissance".

However, his win left British stars Idris Elba and Chiwetel Ejiofor empty handed. The British actors were both nominated across film and television. In film, Elba was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Ejiofor was nominated in the same category for 12 Years a Slave. In TV, Luther was up for Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie for Luther, and Ejiofor was up for the same in Dancing on the Edge.

McConaughey played to his fans with his acceptance speech, saying, as he took to the podium, "All right, all right, all right" - his famous line from the 1993 comedy Dazed and Confused. McConaughey also spoke about the film's long journey to awards success, saying it had been "an underdog" for 20 years and had been turned down 86 times.

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McConaughey's co-star, Jared Leto, also won for his efforts in Dallas Buyers Club in which he played Rayon, a transgender person suffering from Aids. Leto told Telegraph reporter Nick Allen that he was surprised by the win, and did not think "for a single second" that he would get the award. "Obviously I didn't prepare a speech. I've always been a bit of an outsider and I don't think that changes after tonight. That's an OK place to be."

Leto added "I hadn't made film in so long I was just focussed on not letting anyone down, just doing a good job."

Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars alongside McConaughey in Wolf of Wall Street, picked up Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy, for his leading role as crooked investor Jordan Belfort. DiCaprio has faced controversy over the scenes of debauchery in the film, but defended it, saying: "It was an eight year process to get this film up on screen. I wanted to put this culture up on screen and I'm really proud it got made because you don't see films getting made like this in Hollywood."